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Libertarian optimists are today joined by pessimists of all stripes in “noticing” the decline, decrepitude and desperation of Washington’s empire. Those who believe in the state, admire the state, and are consumed by the state are acutely aware its pillars are collapsing. The ship is sinking, rivets are popping, and steel screaming. We can all see the realization of what the near future holds in each other’s eyes.
The US as a republic, created to ensure individual liberty and oppose the overweaning state, is long gone, smothered in its crib before it was a day old. 200 years. . .
